[DH1e] The Damocles Contingency (OOC)

[Lysimachus]

What happened to Cultist 3? He dodged successfully, right? 

[Mazer Rackham]

  On 3/10/2023 at 6:19 PM, Lysimachus said:

What happened to Cultist 3? He dodged successfully, right? 

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He did, didn't he? 

[Machine God]

@Mazer Rackham - So what booty did I find on Tarkan Pirentus' and his coat?

[Lysimachus]

Assuming we are able to claim the bounty, it can go 2k to Restal, and 1.5k each to Reynard and Una - Reynard has a definite soft spot for the common Hivers and for kids especially.

 

Then, if possible, Reynard would like to use some of this cash to find a 'gentleman's outfitter' of some description.  His coat has been slashed, bulletholed and bled on and I'd like to arrange a repair/upgrade of the lining (to a Mesh Cloak, for an extra point of AV but quite a bit lighter!) before we get into any more fights?

Edited March 11, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Machine God]

  On 3/11/2023 at 12:25 PM, Lysimachus said:

Assuming we are able to claim the bounty, it can go 2k to Restal, and 1.5k each to Reynard and Una - Reynard has a definite soft spot for the common Hivers and for kids especially.

 

Then, if possible, Reynard would like to use some of this cash to find a 'gentleman's outfitter' of some description.  His coat has been slashed, bulletholed and bled on and I'd like to arrange a repair/upgrade of the lining (to a Mesh Cloak, for an extra point of AV but quite a bit lighter!) before we get into any more fights?

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Yes I agree. 

 

Mazer I like the kid interaction. 

 

Unfortunately Restal isn't a people person like Reynard. 

 

I was looking at Mesh too. 

[Mazer Rackham]

  On 3/11/2023 at 12:10 PM, Machine God said:

@Mazer Rackham - So what booty did I find on Tarkan Pirentus' and his coat?

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You'd need to make an Evaluate Test. You can still do that at Half Stat (Perception) if you don't have it, although I'd do it out of the way of anyone with a badge.

 

  On 3/11/2023 at 12:25 PM, Lysimachus said:

Assuming we are able to claim the bounty, it can go 2k to Restal, and 1.5k each to Reynard and Una - Reynard has a definite soft spot for the common Hivers and for kids especially.

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You can split it how you want it.

 

  On 3/11/2023 at 12:25 PM, Lysimachus said:

Then, if possible, Reynard would like to use some of this cash to find a 'gentleman's outfitter' of some description.  His coat has been slashed, bulletholed and bled on and I'd like to arrange a repair/upgrade of the lining (to a Mesh Cloak, for an extra point of AV but quite a bit lighter!) before we get into any more fights?

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You can do this narratively, just drop a post in with you pulling over somewhere useful. As long as the post ends with you drawing up to the Halls of Judgement, feel free.

 

  On 3/11/2023 at 1:04 PM, Machine God said:

Mazer I like the kid interaction. 

 

Unfortunately Restal isn't a people person like Reynard.

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That's why I did it. Leveraging a bit of awkwardness on your character. 

[Necronaut]

  On 3/10/2023 at 1:35 PM, Trokair said:

 

Go on, take it, narrativley Scourge has more of a conection to Valkyrie then Bardas, and I supect you will be able to make better use of it than I. Pluss you get to keep your distinct helmet as the power armour us without.

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You are a gentleman and a scholar, sir. However, I'm not certain how Scourge, your friend and mine, will fit into power armor that was purpose built to contain, ahem, feminine anatomy. 

[Trokair]

  On 3/11/2023 at 2:48 PM, Necronaut said:

You are a gentleman and a scholar, sir. However, I'm not certain how Scourge, your friend and mine, will fit into power armor that was purpose built to contain, ahem, feminine anatomy. 

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Its not an enclosed suite, all the parts have been taken and jury rigged, the plates will have been stretched and formed into a more generic form, think Iron Man in the cave making his first suite, but not as good. 

[Machine God]

  On 3/11/2023 at 2:55 PM, Trokair said:

 

Its not an enclosed suite, all the parts have been taken and jury rigged, the plates will have been stretched and formed into a more generic form, think Iron Man in the cave making his first suite, but not as good. 

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What did you do with the front of the armour?

 

The bit that has an actual name, that is a bit more stylised in SoB?

 

 

 

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[Mazer Rackham]

 

  On 3/11/2023 at 3:06 PM, Machine God said:

What did you do with the front of the armour?

 

The bit that has an actual name, that is a bit more stylised in SoB?

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Necro will have to find a corset, something in a pleasant colour, with bows.

 

As discussed with Tro, it's the servo-musculature and fibre bundles of the armour that's the important part, the armour placed on top of that is a rivetted composite cuirass/breastplate, a facsimile of a true plastron, hence Light PA, and doesn't have the same augmentations, bar the Strength boost and a few bells and whistles.

 

If Bardas was wearing it, he would literally just bolt it to himself, since he has implants and mechanical limbs.

 

With Scourge, we're going to need to fit a neuromechanical socket, so he can wear it...

 

Ready to go under the knife, Necro?

[Lysimachus]

Added Evaluate success to my narrative.

 

Question: Reynard is on 07/17 Wounds, Heavily Injured. So any First Aid Medicae test will only restore 1 Wound, right? Is it worth spending my last FP to try and put enough Wounds back on beforehand so that the test will add +(Int Bonus) rather than +1?

Edited March 11, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Necronaut]

  On 3/11/2023 at 3:28 PM, Mazer Rackham said:

 

 

Necro will have to find a corset, something in a pleasant colour, with bows.

 

As discussed with Tro, it's the servo-musculature and fibre bundles of the armour that's the important part, the armour placed on top of that is a rivetted composite cuirass/breastplate, a facsimile of a true plastron, hence Light PA, and doesn't have the same augmentations, bar the Strength boost and a few bells and whistles.

 

If Bardas was wearing it, he would literally just bolt it to himself, since he has implants and mechanical limbs.

 

With Scourge, we're going to need to fit a neuromechanical socket, so he can wear it...

 

Ready to go under the knife, Necro?

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Extremely ready. I love to play dice with the short-term survival of my characters for a chance of improved killiness. 

[Mazer Rackham]

  On 3/11/2023 at 4:00 PM, Lysimachus said:

Question: Reynard is on 07/17 Wounds, Heavily Injured. So any First Aid Medicae test will only restore 1 Wound, right? Is it worth spending my last FP to try and put enough Wounds back on beforehand so that the test will add +(Int Bonus) rather than +1?

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I would.

 

Just expanding on Evaluate - it's what you think it's worth, rather than what it's actually worth, so any DoS or DoF get put into the sliding scale, and the narrative is then spun to cover the mechanic.

 

If that makes any sense.

 

  On 3/11/2023 at 4:07 PM, Necronaut said:

Extremely ready. I love to play dice with the short-term survival of my characters for a chance of improved killiness. 

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Excellent!

 

"Igor - fetch me the Brian!"

 

"Don't you mean, 'Brain', my lord?"

 

"I know what I mean, fool!"

Edited March 11, 2023 by Mazer Rackham

[Lysimachus]

  On 3/11/2023 at 4:10 PM, Mazer Rackham said:

I would.

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Ok, rolled a 7, which on d5 is a 4, making him 11/17.

[Mazer Rackham]

@Necronaut If you can write up some narrative about bringing your idea to Haldane, and then a surgical procedure (there will be one of the Verispex morticians, he can do you a twofer if you die). When the surgery begins, we will have an extended (3) Challenging (+0) Toughness tests across the narrative.

 

How does that sound?

[Machine God]

So the Bodyguard is a really bad shot then.

 

Bad roll for one hit from a FAB. One success.

 

It must be a long corridor or a long grapple.

 

Oops there's no grid scale...

[Mazer Rackham]

  On 3/12/2023 at 11:52 AM, Machine God said:

Oops there's no grid scale...

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This was mentioned a few posts up. it's 2x2m.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Mazer Rackham

[Lord_Ikka]

Just as a note I'm going to be playing in a tournament today so my posting will probably be non-existent until late tonight.

[Necronaut]

  On 3/11/2023 at 9:10 PM, Mazer Rackham said:

@Necronaut If you can write up some narrative about bringing your idea to Haldane, and then a surgical procedure (there will be one of the Verispex morticians, he can do you a twofer if you die). When the surgery begins, we will have an extended (3) Challenging (+0) Toughness tests across the narrative.

 

How does that sound?

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I'll try to type something up this afternoon. 

[Trokair]

Mazer, if I suddenly drop out of contact apologies in advance, my computer turned out not to be as fixed as I thought after the issues a few weeks back and I now have a half dead machine. So may not have a machine at all while it gets fixed for a while.

 

 

  On 3/11/2023 at 9:10 PM, Mazer Rackham said:

@Necronaut If you can write up some narrative about bringing your idea to Haldane, and then a surgical procedure (there will be one of the Verispex morticians, he can do you a twofer if you die). When the surgery begins, we will have an extended (3) Challenging (+0) Toughness tests across the narrative.

 

How does that sound?

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Bardas will of course help if needed, with either/both Medicae and/or Tech-Use as requiered.

[Necronaut]

@Trokair I will bequeath Scourge's kit to you should this go poorly. ;)

[Mazer Rackham]

All received, gents. No worries.

[Necronaut]

Our intrepid crusader-knight survives to fight another day, if only by the skin of his teeth! I'll gladly take an 18% wound and 7% toughness reduction in exchange for power armor use. (famous last words). Let's go smite some blasphemers! 

[Lysimachus]

Has Scourge earned any XP while out of the game? I'd guess he's probably a good 700/800 behind the rest of the PCs?

 

Maybe if he could use some to undo some of that damage...? 

 

Edit: or did gaining the PA Talent use up whatever he might have had?

Edited March 13, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Necronaut]

I'm not bothered either way! I am happy to do some late-game character development at break-neck speed, but I don't expect to profit off of your hard labor in the interim.